This is a copy of a photograph in a scrapbook from the collection of Uniting Heritage Service. It shows two removal trucks parked in front of the Presbyterian Girls’ Home in Regent Street, Elsternwick (later known as Regent House). This photograph dates from around 1937.
This is a video posted on YouTube by Sandie Jessamine, a former resident of Kamballa. It shows Sandie and her grand daughter walking around the former site of Kamballa and some photographs of Kamballa from the 1970s. This is the text accompanying the video: “Kamballa Special Unit was a girls home that existed between 1974…
This is an image showing the front of the Lady Hore-Ruthven Junior Red Cross Home at Henley Beach, South Australia. It was originally published in the March-April 1951 issue of the Australian Red Cross Junior Magazine.
This is an image showing the from of the Lady Norrie Junior Red Cross Home, also referred to as Brighouse. It was originally published in the March-April 1947 issue of the Australian Red Cross Junior Magazine.
This is an image showing several girls standing next to their beds in the verandah-dormitory of Shuna Junior Red Cross Home. It was originally published in the March-April 1947 issue of the Australian Red Cross Junior Magazine.
This is an image showing the exterior of one of the buildings at the Lady Hore-Ruthven Junior Red Cross Home. It was originally published in the March-April 1947 issue of the Australian Red Cross Junior Magazine.
This is an image showing children and a staff member in the garden of the Margate Junior Red Cross Home. It was originally published in the March-April 1947 issue of the Australian Red Cross Junior Magazine.
This is an image of Kippilaw Junior Red Cross Home, showing the garden and front of the house. A small group of children can be seen sitting on the ground at the end of the path, at the feet of three adults (presumable staff members). The image was originally published in the March-April 1947 issue…
A compound was an area in which Aboriginal people were confined within a town district. This concept was developed by Baldwin Spencer when he was Chief Protector of Aboriginals as a way of separating and controlling Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory. Compounds were to be self-sufficient and Aboriginal people were expected to carry out…
The assimilation policy was a policy of absorbing Aboriginal people into white society through the process of removing children from their families. The ultimate intent of this policy was the destruction of Aboriginal society. When Aboriginal Protection authorities around Australia adopted assimilation as a policy, there was a substantial increase in the already established practice…
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